Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
A sixteenth untitled print by Hirezaki Eiho (1881–1968) from his [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) practice. Eiho's longevity — he lived until 1968, well into the era of postwar Japanese printmaking and the international market for Meiji and Taisho prints — means that his work was assessed and reassessed across several different collecting eras, each with different criteria for what constituted quality in bijin-ga. His reputation has remained consistently high through these reassessments, a testament to the genuine quality of observation and feeling his best work embodies.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (hirezaki-eiho) was created by Hirezaki Eiho (鰭崎英朋).
Untitled (hirezaki-eiho) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and abstract.
